outlook apps

VSTO/COM add-ins Vs Office 365 web add-ins: Key differences to know

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Microsoft Outlook is one of the most widely used email clients in the world. With its robust features and capabilities, it has become an essential tool for businesses and individuals alike. One of the key advantages of Outlook is its ability to integrate with various add-ins that can enhance its functionality and make it even more powerful.

Two popular types of add-ins for Outlook are VSTO (Visual Studio Tools for Office) add-ins and web add-ins. Both offer unique benefits and features, but there are some key differences between them that users should be aware of.

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How to automatically subscribe and unsubscribe from mailing lists in Microsoft Outlook

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In today’s digital age, many companies have stopped using email distribution lists to notify visitors and subscribers to their websites, replacing them with social media pages and groups. However, along with previously used lists, companies often need to send messages to internal user groups or special limited lists managed by specific employees. Managing these lists can pose both technical and organizational challenges.

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How do I find the add-in Outlook after the installation?

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We sometimes get requests from our customers who downloaded and installed the add-in, but cannot locate program options in Outlook for some reason:
>> Have tried reinstalling several times. Setup seems to run correctly and confirms install. The program does no show up in Outlook.

>> We have downloaded the trial version of the add-in and have not found a way to make it work properly.

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How to print emails and attachments from Outlook: the basic useful facts

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Sometimes, a paper copy of your email or attachment is strongly required: quotes, invoices, contracts, arts, etc. The built-in facilities in Microsoft Outlook fulfill up to 80-85% of standard tasks in this area – the software let you operate with printing emails/attachments easily. If your business requires more advanced actions – additional apps will assist you to fulfill your needs. This brief article will just provide you a scope of answers regarding the most common things related with printing issues in Outlook. We will review the subject based on the latest Microsoft Outlook 2019. Also note, some of described below features are unavailable in the Outlook out-of-the-box, so we’ll illustrate them using our printing app – Print Tools for Outlook.

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How to do Mail Merge with SharePoint lists

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Are you using the features of the SharePoint Intranet platform in your everyday work? Do you use SharePoint lists at your organization’s corporate SharePoint Server site? And when you send numerous e-mail messages using the mass mailing tools like Microsoft Office Mail Merge – do you wish to use your SharePoint lists as recipient base directly, without exporting them to your local drive?

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Using digital signature in the documents emailed via the Microsoft Word Mail Merge feature

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Let’s say, I need several personal copies of my Agreement to be signed by specialist. They are away, but available via e-mail. Can I use the Signature feature in Microsoft Office Word and let my document be converted to personal PDF files, then, sent immediately and individually to the addressees? – Yes!

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A detailed comparison of merging features in Office built-in mail merge and Mail Merge Toolkit editions

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In 2018, MAPILab released a new edition of our extremely popular mail merging app – Mail Merge Toolkit Professional. This edition contains some features which are the most desirable for corporate mailings. So there are 3 different solutions that can cover user requests regarding personalized emails distribution with Microsoft Outlook, Word and Publisher.

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How to find duplicate emails in Public Folders on Exchange Server

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Annoyed with hundreds of duplicate messages in your Exchange public folders? Automatic methods of removal are useless in this case, as Outlook client does not receive notifications of new messages in public folders. Instead, you can use Duplicate Email Remover by MAPILab to get rid of all duplicate messages – even if they are stored in different folders.

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